Once again, it takes Jon Stewart — the host of a comedy show — to challenge the logic of oppression. Stewart is obviously coming from a perspective opposite Huckabee, but that doesn’t change the fact that his questions fairly and wisely go to the root assumptions behind the anti-gay sentiment and the inherent contradictions and arbitrary applications of freedom, history and tradition and the apparent infallibility of semantics. It’s an illustration of the difference between bias and informed opinion.
Loved this interview. It amazes me that under the guise of comedy, The Daily Show is consistently more relevant and insightful than anything I see on “real” media talk shows. It’s as if being “comedy” allows them to get away with more, which strangely translates to being able to attempt to address issues honestly, or logically.